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I was hoping to use the "check_services" plugin executed by nrpe. I have several instances of java and for example it returns: "java : 4" It seems as though java is running 4 processes and if it went below that count, it would be great if it would go into a critical state. Can i set a warning/critical threshold for the number of processes that may be running buy that service or is there a plugin that can? I'm really having trouble and could use the help.

Hello FrontlineIT,

The check_services command doesn't except warning or critical arguments. But this one does:

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... er/details